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. 2003 Apr 29;358(1432):613–615. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1232

A prelude to long-term potentiation.

Per Andersen 1
PMCID: PMC1693144  PMID: 12740103

Abstract

Searching for premonitory studies of hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP), there is a paucity of data. While synaptic enhancement during repetitive activation was studied in several reports from many groups between 1955 and 1967, the reported after-effects were short, at the most lasting a few minutes. Responses lasting for more than 1 hour were not reported until 1973.

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